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Rock Rapids Municipal Airport

43.45220°N
-96.17980°W
ARR / DAY
0
90.9%
DEP / DAY
0
75.0%

Rock Rapids Municipal Airport (KRRQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Rock Rapids, IA, 28 mi east of Sioux Falls. It features 1 runway measuring 3,097 feet.

Current weather

From KFSD, 30 mi away (KRRQ does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
96°F
Wind
12 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFSD 262156Z 17012KT 10SM FEW080 SCT150 36/25 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP071 T03560250 $

Runways

1 installed

3,097 FT MAX
16/34
3,097 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

16
63% of ops
24 land · 13 TO
34
37% of ops
14 land · 1 TO
Runway 16 carries 63% of operations (24 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

16 24 landings
UA 4%
34 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 24 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
0.8
flights/day · 25 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
44%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.0 vs 0.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (56% of 25 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.900
APCH 284.725
UNICOM 122.800
SIOUX FA 132.050
OTHER 132.050
SIOUX FA 317.400
OTHER 317.400
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,363 ft
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
06/02/2026
Nice airport
Did not notice a Curtesy car, but we had a vehicle waiting so did not look around for one. It was drizzly and rainy also, so we got the plane covered and left.
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